{"id":2778,"date":"2024-12-14T09:35:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T09:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2024-12-14T09:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T09:35:25","slug":"some-individuals-set-ablaze-the-electoral-commissions-office-in-damongo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/14\/some-individuals-set-ablaze-the-electoral-commissions-office-in-damongo\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Individuals Set Ablaze the Electoral Commission\u2019s Office in Damongo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Kumasi High Court has remanded 14 individuals in custody for their alleged involvement in violent disturbances in Damongo during the recent elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused, identified as NDC youth, are said to have attacked the Electoral Commission&#8217;s Office, destroying equipment and disrupting the electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7360-1024x409.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2781 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/409;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other individuals involved in the incident were released due to their age and placed under the care of Alhaji Imoro Seidu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence in Damongo resulted in the death of a young man, Sibannira Mukaila, who was reportedly shot during the chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electoral Commission&#8217;s office was also set ablaze, causing extensive damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident is believed to have been sparked by agitation over delays in announcing the election results. Authorities are continuing investigations and appealing for calm to prevent further escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Individuals Set Ablaze the Electoral Commission\u2019s Office in Damongo<\/p>\n<p>A Kumasi High Court has remanded 14 individuals in custody for their alleged involvement in violent disturbances in Damongo during the recent elections. <\/p>\n<p>The accused, identified as NDC youth, are said to have attacked the Electoral Commission&#8217;s Office, destroying equipment and disrupting the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Two other individuals involved in the incident were released due to their age and placed under the care of Alhaji Imoro Seidu.<\/p>\n<p>The violence in Damongo resulted in the death of a young man, Sibannira Mukaila, who was reportedly shot during the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission&#8217;s office was also set ablaze, causing extensive damage.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is believed to have been sparked by agitation over delays in announcing the election results. Authorities are continuing investigations and appealing for calm to prevent further escalation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}